The Charlie Project

[Forrest747]

You know kirk it is a free country and i do perfer the glues over the alchol. infact mixing a batch up after work and feeding the kiddos. poor puppies stuck out in the garage with dad.


Update: Kids enjoyed the chili dogs with crinkle fries; Life is good. Well i added some more horizontal bracing and feel that is good enough and with the 1/4 inch ply i plan putting on it will stiffen it up, as someone suggested. i figured i will put the hinges 9 inches from the edge and installed some diagonal bracing to help transfer the load. mixed up the last batch i have of cpes and spread it in the fender areas and the areas i missed before. added more in the water inlet area and teh front marker lights. still had a little bit let so i decided to put it on the roof fiberglass just to see what it would do. then a few extra coats near the rear hatch seam and where the hinges will go. i then cut the excess splines out of the cabinet doors and sanded flush then set the router to round over the edges. i think it looks great and tomorrow will take my time and put the first coat of paint on them. Now the cherry is just about 1/8th of an inch and the channel i routed is a 1/4. so i added some glue from the back side and worked it in. this eliminated the rattling and hopefully firm up teh entire door.

[Forrest747]

Well its been an intresting day. I ended up cutting up some spacers at one inch and then reinstalled the fenders. I am afraid I broke one of the hidden nuts. And two more I couldn't get to take the bolt so I will work on it tomorrow. I should of just planned on using carriage bolts but didn't think of that 2 years ago. I need to add a couple more on each side and going to use lag screws. And hoping that will work a little better. Wheels put back on and then turned Charley around in the garage to help make more room for the galley work and room for the new lawnmower. included a before and after inserting the spacers. cut and applied three more strips of fiberglass tape. finished the roof and then did the front seam. i was worried about the front seam sliding down and not staying in place so i put som thumb tacks about every 12 inches to hold it in place. have enough layup epoxy for maybe two more strips so need to plan on the top two front wall joints. wish i hadnt wasted that one piece, but hey we learn from these things. also did a little more painting on the cabinet doors and should hopefully have those up this week.
Before

After

[Forrest747]

I am not a happy camper but I will survive. i used every common point i could think of: 6 inches from each edge. the flat part close to the hinge flush with door edge. the other side the rounded part flush with the top edge. pre drill the holes. same distance from each side of the cabinet.

AND ITS AN 1/8th OF AN INCH OFF AND THERE IS A HUGE GAP!!!!!!!


I will live with it the only thing i can think of is the center post was too long. I just dont know. Well next is getting hardware and pulls to hold the doors in place. I guess next time european hinges. I was so afraid of this. this is jr high wood shop all over again.

[S. Heisley]

I can't see it in the pictures; so, it couldn't be too bad. They look nice. Don't worry about it.
If it bothers you too much, you'll think of a way to fix it later. Right now, you're on a roll to get it camp-able for this summer!

[Martiangod]

Looks like this hinge style would save your day by raising the door.
Ideal would be the same exposer of frame top and bottom.

Doors look right for the opening, just wrong hinge style

Easy fix,
Couple bux for 4 new hinges, don't shoot yourself over it



or this

[Forrest747]

Went window shopping for tile and after three stores not finding what i wanted. I saw this little hole in teh wall place that said tile. I pull up at 4:27 and they closed at 4:30 so i took a chance. Well i told him what i wanted and he didnt have it but had 4.5 inch black tile so i decided that this was going to be the best i could find. well he had just enough for my needs and when we went to pay he said he was going to throw it away so i could have for free. I then went to Lowes to get spacers and found some new hinges for teh cabinet doors. they fit much better i like the look much better and some of the holes matched up. Thank you Chris for the ideas on the hinges and thanks Sharon for putting up with my rant and crying spell.

now i need to figure out how i am going to do the tile. clean simple look or subway pattern. plus what adhesive to use i have some just not sure if it will work.

[Forrest747]

Well I used the locite pl premium adhesive to set the tiles to the wood countertop. I did not make any cuts and laid all the tiles i could without a cut. those will install tomorrow. Thinking of going with a caulking the grout in and have the color be red. I think that will go well. 1/8th inch spacers.

[KCStudly]

IIRC, Aggie79 did a glass tile counter using a flexible grout in his "gold standard" Silver Beetle build. You may want to check out the details of what he used (I can't remember at the moment).

[Martiangod]

Good price on the tile, there are still a few nice people left in this world.
Glad the hinges fixed, lookes better

Build on

[Forrest747]

Yesterday I cleaned up and simplified the plumbing. I just went with a simple line from the hose inlet to the "T" that branched off to the faucet and the other side from the pump. put the vent line and tied it to the vent hole in the filler cup. I cut the countertop back an inch to clear the hatch. Once that was done then i set and glued the counter top in place and set a temp panel to protect the plumbing.

Today I spent the day helping texture an artist space with drywall so i did not get so much done as of yet. Well I did get home and right away i installed the cut pieces of tiles. I have about 12 pieces left over so I am really happy and if i break any I know where to go. After i install the front trim i will pipe in the grout into the spaces, If anyone can recommend a good red grout I am all ears.

Yeah Chris thanks for the hinge advice, it helped alot. I like it alot i just need to trim a small section to make room for the light switches. not a huge thing.

[parnold]

That black tile will look great with a red grout. Glad you found an easy solution to the cabinet door issue.

Keep up the good work!

[Forrest747]

A few misshaps but hey is this not the place for them. Today I dryfit the sink and the faucet and was happy with the results. So I started to put together the face frame for the lower cabinets. I built them in place and I am sure that is heresy. I also put together the doors for the cabinets. the middle door i made both doors at the same time with an 1/8th inch gap so that when its all said and done painting then just cut down the middle and hopefully they stay together. made the larger door i need to stain varnish and paint the doors but that is ok. spent part of the day cooling off researching epoxy grout, not sure i can find it in the red i want put hey if its close why not.

[Martiangod]

http://www.progroutpaint.com/pro-grout-paint/

Go to the custom building tab, they have lipstick red grount paint, then you can just do it in easy to get white and epoxy paint it red.
Most options are more a brick red or brown that they call red

[Forrest747]

Thanks for the website. Yeah I am finding quarry red and its not what I want. I want a red thatv stands out. I did find an additive that glows in the dark.

[Forrest747]

Well worked a little more on the cabinet frame. Added support for the tank filler. Stained the cherry panels and ureathane. Filled in the cracks and sanded some of the frame. Took the doors and put them in place and found the left door is 4 inches too tall. I thought i had measured it correctly. So I will shorten it and get it all set up.